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Republican platform calls for reviving the Keystone XL Canadian oil pipeline
The ill-fated oil pipeline is the only detailed reference to Canada in the 66-page document adopted by delegates to the convention in Cleveland which meets through Thursday.
Republican convention: Fear of turmoil stirs memories of 1968
A combustible recipe is coalescing in Cleveland. White nationalists. Black Lives Matter. Progressives. Homophobes. Latinos and Republicans who want them deported- they're all there, with many others.
NY utility plans largest US offshore wind farm
The project would be three times larger than one due to go online this year off Rhode Island.
California seeks to extend landmark climate-change effort
California's cap-and-trade program to fight climate-changing pollution from fossil fuels would survive long past Gov. Jerry Brown's time in office under a state proposal Tuesday.
Trump fumes after Sanders endorses Clinton
As the Vermont senator endorsed Hillary Clinton, his supporters applauded his "inspiring" campaign.
Americans are killing 51 times more people with guns than Canadians are
The numbers are staggering. There could be up to 51 times more annual gun-related deaths in the U.S. versus those in Canada, according to the most recent Canadian data.
FBI recommends no charges for Hillary Clinton over emails
Hillary Clinton should not face criminal charges for handling classified data over a private email server.
The scary truth about "bomb trains" moving through your town
Since 2013, at least 21 oil train accidents have spilled an estimated 7.1 million litres of crude on American soil. To many communities in the blast zone, they're known as "bomb trains."
Crude spews from California pipeline, but none reaches beach
The ooze never reached the ocean or beach.
1 killed, 3 hurt in oil well explosion in North Dakota
Since late 2010, there have been 108 workplace fatalities in North Dakota, including 48 that were oilfield-related.
Utility to face criminal trial over deadly pipeline blast
The blast of the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. natural gas pipeline six years ago sent a giant plume of fire into the air, killing eight people and destroying 38 homes in the city of San Bruno.